US RATING RETAINED: Fitch Ratings has retained the U.S. at its top ‘AAA’ credit rating.

OUTLOOK STILL NEGATIVE: But Fitch also left the outlook negative, citing the failure of Congress and the Obama administration to forge an agreement on reducing the budget deficit.

UNCERTAINTY OVER POLICIES: Fitch says that uncertainty over federal tax and spending policies related to the so-called fiscal cliff “weighs on the near-term economic outlook” and raises the prospect of another recession. Unless Congress acts, the “fiscal cliff” comes at year’s end.

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